Firearms and violent death in the United States

Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis

Volumn 9781421411118, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-20

  Miller, Matthew ^a   Azrael, Deborah ^a   Hemenway, David ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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